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The fifteenth track of Tay’s sophomore album is about her path into the spotlight. At age sixteen, she was signed to the emerging Big Machine Records,which was the smallest record label in Nashville. There were only about a dozen employees, and she was the only artist. Despite the unpromising situation, she trusted that the label would eventually rise.
After writing the beginning of it, she let the track rest for a while, waiting for a significant moment in her life that could conclude it. That moment came in 2007 when she won the Horizon Award at the CMAs. After looking out into the audience and seeing her manager Scott Borchetta, crying, she felt like she could finally finish the song, and did so the following day.
That’s when I finished it, because I knew I couldn’t finish it until something like that happened. It was absolutely the most amazing night of my life, getting to see the emotion of all the people who worked so hard for me.
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
And it's a sad picture, the final blow hits you Somebody else gets what you wanted again and You know it's all the same, another time and place Repeating history and you're getting sick of it But I believe in whatever you do And I'll do anything to see it through
[Chorus]
Because these things will change Can you feel it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down This revolution, the time will come For us to finally win And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah Oh, oh
[Verse 2]
So we've been outnumbered, raided, and now cornered It's hard to fight when the fight ain’t fair We're getting stronger now, finding things they never found They might be bigger but we're faster and never scared You can walk away, say we don't need this But there's something in your eyes says we can beat this
[Chorus]
'Cause these things will change Can you feel it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back will fall down This revolution, the time will come For us to finally win And we'll sing hallelujah, we'll sing hallelujah Oh, oh
[Bridge]
Tonight we stand, get off our knees Fight for what we've worked for all these years And the battle was long, it's the fight of our lives But we'll stand up champions tonight
[Chorus]
It was the night things changed Can you see it now? These walls that they put up to hold us back fell down It's a revolution, throw your hands up 'Cause we never gave in And we'll sing hallelujah, we sang hallelujah Hallelujah
